America the beautiful. Hiking the Pacific Northwest in Oregon Best Year of My Life The period of time from July 2016 – September 2017 was the year I’ve been calling the “Best Year of My Life”. I traveled

Can You Go Home Again? I emigrated from South Korea to the United States back in 1978 with my mom and most of my aunts, uncles and cousins. I was just a little over four years old so most of my memories

This is my entry into this week's #bwphotocontest hosted by @daveks and I am thrilled that the theme is TRAVEL as that has been my entire life of the past year. The guest host is @sweetssj whom I know

I've been traveling in Korea for almost a month with my mom and sister. I was born in Korea but left in 1978 with mom when I was just five and this is the first time I've returned since leaving. There

You can turn yourself into anime in these fun Japanese photo booths After traveling on my own for a year, I was excited to meet up with my family in Japan. We haven’t seen each other since our month-long

New Zealand is One Giant Gorgeous Movie Set There's a reason New Zealand inspires filmmakers to use its unparalleled natural landscapes or use them to create even more fantasizes versions of them from

As I travel around the world, I have found some of the most intriguing and sometimes oddest food offered at markets and restaurants. They could be exotics fruits, insects covered in soy and sugar, or cuts

I wanted to submit a few photos for the #Steemitphotochallenge themed oceans/seas, which is a theme that's close to my heart. I know I'm not alone when I say that there is an instant and magical effect

To Fear or Not To Fear? Have you ever done something that is on your Top 3 Terrors List? Scuba diving was on my Top 3, but it's now something that thrills rather than just terrifies me. I wrote about my

ABBA, Swedish Chef, IKEA But What Else? It seems that my pattern upon arriving into a new country is to be as sleep deprived and delirious as possible so Sweden would be no different. The flight from Reykjavik

After an incredible 3 months traveling from New Zealand to Australia during their Fall and Winter seasons, I wanted to escape to warm weather and soak up the sun. I was lucky enough to go to Fiji for a

via Giphy What is Patriotism? I think many Americans, myself included, feel conflicted this Independence Day due to all of the conflict and controversy that has driven our country and its citizens to feel

In the second half of my adventures in the great and powerful Oz, I say goodbye to the desert of the Northern Territory and head to Queensland for the sea to the east coast home to its world famous beaches,

Do you remember that scene from The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy lands in Oz, she first steps out and everything transforms from black and white into the most vibrant colors and fantastical setting? Along

Last summer, I quit my big job running entertainment programming for a major media company to take a trip around the world. It's been almost a year since I began my amazing journey that began in Iceland.

When my sister Sylvia @ladygrey told me to start sharing my stories with on Steemit, I wasn't sure what the hell this platform was about, how it works, and a bit dubious about whether it would be a place

Not long after my 40th birthday I took my first ever two-week, totally off-the-grid vacation and went on a trip of a lifetime to South Africa and Zambia. When I told my boss at the time that I would be